Personal Safety in the Kitchen

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Smart Drain
Personal Safety in the Kitchen
PROJECT MEMBERS
Ted Selker Ken Giesecke
APPROACH
One of every 4 peaches 1 of every 8 apples
exposes a child of 5 and under to an unsafe level
of organophosphates even after washing. We ingest
a combination of 15-20 different pesticides every
day. Shouldnt you wish to know when the run-off
water from cleaning your fruits and vegetables
contained a safe level of pesticides and other
harmful agents? Do you really know how well your
dishes are rinsed? If an indicator light can
inform you that your water is filtered and safe
to drink it wouldnt it be useful to be provided
with such an indication at the drain? A
photospectrometer and LEDs housed next to the
strainer in the kitchen drain identify tracer
colors for the top five pesticides used.
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